'Curate' definitions:
Definition of 'curate'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person authorized to conduct religious worship; "clergymen are usually called ministers in Protestant churches" [syn: curate, minister of religion, minister, parson, pastor, rector]
Definition of 'Curate'
From: GCIDE
- Curate \Cu"rate\ (k[=u]"r[asl]t), n. [LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See Cure, n., and cf. Cur['e]] One who has the cure of souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assists a rector or vicar. --Hook. [1913 Webster]
- All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for curate he had none. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'curate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abbe,
- abuna,
- antipope,
- archbishop,
- archdeacon,
- archpriest,
- bishop,
- bishop coadjutor,
- canon,
- cardinal,
- cardinal bishop,
- cardinal deacon,
- cardinal priest,
- chaplain,
- churchman,
- clergyman,
- cleric,
- clerical,
- clerk,
- coadjutor,
- cure,
- DD,
- dean,
- diocesan,
- divine,
- Doctor of Divinity,
- ecclesiarch,
- ecclesiastic,
- exarch,
- Grand Penitentiary,
- hierarch,
- high priest,
- Holy Father,
- Holy Joe,
- man of God,
- metropolitan,
- military chaplain,
- minister,
- padre,
- papa,
- parson,
- pastor,
- patriarch,
- penitentiary,
- pontiff,
- pope,
- prebendary,
- prelate,
- primate,
- rector,
- reverend,
- rural dean,
- servant of God,
- shepherd,
- sky pilot,
- subdean,
- suffragan,
- supply clergy,
- supply minister,
- the Reverend,
- the very Reverend,
- tonsured cleric,
- vicar